Competitor Billy Geddes boards a chopper during the Finke Desert Race. The Queenslander is the first competitor to compete in both the car and bike fields. Picture: JUSTIN BREIRTY.Source: News Corp Australia

TAKE a bow, Billy Geddes.

The hard-nosed Queenslander earned his nickname “Ironman” on Monday after he achieved what previously seemed an impossible double at the 39th edition of the Tatts Finke Desert Race.

He conquered the harsh desert track twice, driving a trophy truck to the finish before doing the course again on a bike.

The special double effort was made possible by Geddes using a helicopter between the Alice Springs start and the overnight stop at Finke on both days of the event.

He covered 904km in the car and on the bike plus another 452km in the chopper, something that’s never been done in Finke history.

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing as Geddes revealed.

“We got it done but there was a whole lot of logistics ­involved,” he said.

“We had a few setbacks which we overcame including two drums of race fuel full of water which were dumped in the car on Sunday night.

“We didn’t get to bed until about midnight that night after sorting it all out. We crashed it (the bike) on the way down (to Alice Springs), but it wasn’t a big one.”

The super-fit competitor finished seventh in the cars in three hours, 54 minutes and 58 seconds before coming 211th in the bike field in 6:46.07.

He said nearing the last fuel stop at Deep Well, 68km from Alice Springs, was when he thought he’d definitely make it across the line.

“The last fuel stop was a buzz,” he said.

“The media jumped on me pretty hard when I finally made it and I was tonguing for a beer.”

Geddes said while he was never going to repeat he amazing achievement, he welcomed anyone else to follow his lead.

“They’re welcome to it, but I did it first,” he said.

“I don’t think there’s any need for me to do it again.

“There was 12 months of logistics and planning involved and you don’t really get anything out of it except respect from your fellow competitors.”